AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 333 
hirtus, circ. 5 mm. longus, dentibus lanceolatis acuminatis. Carina dorso 
angulo recto eurvata, in toto 10-12 mm. longa. Legumen extus cinereo- 
pubescens, 11-14 mm. longum, 10-12-spermum, subtus fere carinatum, 
seminibus nigrescentibus reniformibus. 
GERMAN Hast AFRICA : Bagamoyo, Kirk! Hb. Kew. 
An erect suffrutex allied to C. globijera, E. Mey., but with quite different 
fruit. The pods are of a curious shape, flat on the top and almost keeled 
below, apiculate. 
Series 13. l'lores lutei, medioeres, in racemos subdensos et multifloros 
dispositi. Carina dorso angulo fere recto curvata inde in rostrum rectum 
attenuata, 13-15 mm. longa. Stipule setaceæ. Legumen oblongo- 
oviforme, breviter stipitatum. 
149. C. IVANTULENSIS, Welw. ex Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Ajr. ii. 26 (1871). 
Suffrutex evectus, ramosus, 0'6—1:3 m. alt., einereo-pubescens. Stipulæ 
cire. 3 mm. longe. Folia trifoljolata, foliolis oblongis vel ellipticis, 
20-40 mm. longis 10-15 mm. latis, supremis minoribus apice obtusis, 
superne viridibus et glabris subtus glaucis et leviter griseo-sericeis, petiolo 
communi 17-34 mm. longo suffulta. Bractee persistentes, 3-4 mm. 
longs. Bracteole 2, ad apicem pedicelli filiformes, circ. 2 mm. longi. 
Calyx extus pubescens; tubus +4 mm. longus; lacinie lanceolate, 
Vevillum cire. 12 mm. longum, obovatum. Ale cire. 12 mm. longi, 
unguiculate. Legumen cum stipite 20-23 mm. longum, extus pubescens, 
ANGOLA : Huilla, Welwitsch No. 1975! Hb. Mus. Drit.; Antunes é 
Dekindt No. 3171 ! Hb. Mus. Paris. 
A suffruticose plant with trifoliolate leaves, with elliptical or oblong 
leaflets ; the yellow flowers are in a somewhat lax raceme, the pod is oblong 
stipitate, the two filiform bracteoles at the apex of the pedicels are +2 mm. 
long. 
Specimens collected in German East Africa by Dr. F. Jaeger No. 411 
and by Dr. G. Volkens at Saga in Usambara closely approach the above. 
Series 14. Flores mediocres, in racemos paucifloros vel multifloros dispositi. 
Carina dorso angulata, +15 mm. longa. Stipule parve. Legumen 
ellipsoideum, sessile. Suffrutex. 
150. C. FLAVICARINATA, Bak. fil. in Journ. Linn. Soe., Bot. xxxvii. (1906) 437. 
Caulis erectus, suffruticosus, virgatus, striatus. olia trifoliolata, foliolis 
oblongis vel lanceolato-oblongis 20-40 mm. longis 7-16 mm. latis brevissime 
petiolulatis subtus strigoso-pubescentibus, petiolo communi 10-18 mm. longo 
instructa. Racemi laxi. Bractee parve. Flores pedicellati, pedicellis 
tenuibus in medio braeteolatis. Calycis tubus campanulatus, segmentis 
lanceolatis acuminatis. Corolla calycem excedens. Vexillum violaceum, 
